
Microsoft has just announced that the long-in-development Fable Legends is canceled, and furthermore that it is “in discussions with employees” about closing down Lionhead. That’s not the end to the bad news, either. Press Play Studios, which had been working on the Xbox One-exclusive Project Knoxville, will also be shut down. These have been tough […]

Unlike past entries in the Fable series, Fable Legends is a free-to-play game that will be supported by microtransactions. Now, the apparent prices for those microtransactions have been revealed–and some people are not happy. In a thread on Reddit called “Here’s one reason Fable Legends is going to suck,” someone who was apparently in the […]

Everyone expected Fable Legends, Lionhead’s free-to-play continuation of its long-running Fable RPG series, to be out sometime before the end of this year. As anyone who’s been keeping a keen eye on their Advent calendar will have already come to suspect, that’s not going to happen. The studio announced today that the game has grown […]

Lionhead’s next game in its iconically British fantasy series Fable will be free to play. Fable Legends is a multiplayer game in a similar vein to Evolve and BioWare’s cancelled Shadow Realms, where four players team up to battle through an area where the villains are controlled by a fifth player. Players can be from […]

Fable Anniversary lead designer Ted Timmins has announced his departure from Lionhead Studios. In a multi-tweet explanation of his exit, Timmins said the Microsoft-owned company has been “such an integral part” of his life. Citing that his time at Lionhead made up more than one third of his life, “it’s a good time for change.” […]

Fabled game developer Peter Molyneux has left Microsoft and Lionhead Studios for startup 22 Cans. In a statement to Kotaku, the creative lead of Microsoft Studios Europe said he will conclude his work on the latest Fable before going off on the next great adventure. “It is with mixed emotions that I made the decision […]

Microsoft Studios, Lionhead Studios and Epic Games announced that Lionhead is developing “Fable: The Journey” using Epic’s award-winning Unreal Engine 3. Revealed today during the Xbox 360 E3 2011 Media Briefing, “Fable: The Journey” is poised to take the cherished action-adventure series to Kinect for Xbox 360. Under Microsoft’s licensing agreement with Epic, Lionhead is […]